THEY HAVE KNOCKED ME TO MY KNEES

I was about to draw my last breath and as my opponent was about to deliver the kick that closed my eyes for good, I saw it, a brick.  I quickly picked up the  brick and broke his knee, bringing him to the ground..I struggled up , kicked him 3 times in the nuts, walked around and kicked him some more in the head and dropped the brick on his ugly nose.  Did he live , I really don't care , ridding the world of such trash is worth any punishment , it was self defense you know., so I will probably skate.. I don't intend to get caught but what the hell I feel good.

I view the country as that pictured above... We are down on our knees a lot of us, if not monetarily than emotionally.  I fit the emotional picture.  We live comfortably on my retirements not rich by any means but comfortable, great insurance, great house, country living.. a good car, but I have been emotionally drained by the lack of government effort on the part of the country that is down because of monetary matters...

The apparent lack of understandingof the masses to realize how bad they are being screwed by who is unbelievable... It does little good to point fingers to the past as to who screwed us worse .  Some contributed more than others...

ALL POTENTIAL ROMNEY VOTERS READ THIS

I have said it in words and in some pictures but now a simple chart that shows you what the Romney/Ryan plan will mean to you in your  Golden Years (basically you won't have any)  .  If you buy the voucher plan you are one of a couple of things, totally ignorant , stupid, or too lazy to read, no matter which one fits you your Golden Years will suck.

The very important part of their plan will cut Medicaid drastically and that means your long term care will be done by your kids or a quick suicide.  Your Golden Years will be filled with misery , pain and suffering and your kids will end up hating you because you have put a great burden on their middle years.. 

I have 10 year caring for elders in my home, it is hard work and when we did it a person on Medicaid could get some home health care to do things like bath and do personal things a few times a week.. In some cases they will provide a relief crew so you can have a few days off.    The home health care help will disappear, it has already started in some places.. With their plan it, and long term facilities will disappear.. 

So I ask any one of you considering voting for Romney to comment on this blog as to what still drives you to vote for him.. I don't expect many answers because I have found thru the years most of you are cowards to do verbal combat on your supposed beliefs.  Look at the chart and decide.

PART FOR US-ALL AGINST US

That the choice I see after watching both conventions, looking at both platforms and actually knowing damn little about what either will do.. So I am down to guts and intuition.

So a quick look at Romney/Ryan bring a list of things he will do to hurt folks like me...
1. They will destroy Medicare and maybe even more importantly Medicaid a program that most seniors rely on for their long term care.

2. They will turn Social Security into private accounts... My opinion is this will cost any senior who opts out of regular SS will have a very unsecure future if they try to play the market..One must remember that all markets are controlled  at least 80% by Fast Track Traders and  Commodity Hedge funds.

3. They want to add 100,000 troops to the military.  At a time when the military is into a giant restructuring that trends more to special forces (a much smaller demand for troops ) than a regualr army .. The focus is on unmanned planes, ships, and in some cases the fighting man himself.

4.Huge tax cuts (guess who for) yep the rich

5. Their deficit reduction plan will hit all social service programs , including education , FEMA,FDA, and on and on,  Any program that helps us ordinary dude will be savaged..

6. Theirs more but much of it is implied not clearly pointed out

My conclusion is I would vote for the Devil before voting for these hucksters.

Now the PART FOR CROWD.. Obama//Biden

1.They claim to want to protect all the social programs mentioned  above while admitting they will some how change them (not defined)

2.They will increase taxes on the rich and corporations.(something long needed)

3.Their deficit reduction plan will be less severe than the republicans, just how much do remains an unknown..

4. They will not privatize Medicare, Medicare or Social Security..

5. They will keep food stamps and other programs to support the down and outers.

6.They will promote alternate energy production which will create jobs

7.They will keep the Consumer Protection Bureau a much needed entity to slap the lending institutions down when they cheat us.. The republicans haven't said but at best it would be less strong than now..

So just give these lists and add for me at least one important point..
JUST THE  TONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO CONVENTONS IS ENOUGH FOR ME TO VOTE DEMOCRATIC.

A PERFECT SYMBOL-AN EMPTY CHAIR

Clint nailed it the empty chair is exactly like their party , empty of empathy, empty of ideas , just plain empty like an empty bucket of Kentucky Fried.. The difference in tenor at the conventions is totally shocking.

The republicans in 3 days conducted their selves as the bully their new leader showed in school... Did the deed, or plans to and lies through his teeth about both..

I know it's  useless to list just the lies in Romney and Ryan speeches, you can look them up in your favorite fact checker..
OK I KNOW YOU ARE LAZY GOOD FOR NOTHINGS HERE A LIST OF STATEMENTS

THE DEFICITS IN 3 GRAPHS

The popular talk is that Obama has added more to the deficits than any other president.  The only conclusion one can draw is the right is getting their info from the manure pile.. The fact that Obama added Bush Tax cuts and Bush's two unnecessary wars to the books where they should have gone in the first place makes him look bad if you don't know where the debt came from..

RETHINK OBAMA

I have not been a big fan of the president because of the lack of progress on a large number of projects I believe are worthy of addressing... GITMO being one of my big ones, how easily I forgot that the Senate would not approve the money to move them so it didn't happen... I believe there was another way  and if I had the job I would have used the saving from closing GITMO and used the Federal facility setting vacant no prisoners..   Now you know the savings would have been tremendous .This could have been done with no votes but a lot of screaming from the right side.. Tough you have been outmaneuvered.

A FOOTNOTE: AFTER WATCHING DAY ONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION JUST THE POSITIVE TONE OF DAY 1 IS ENOUGH FOR ME..OH HELL YOU KNEW I'D RATHER DIE THAN VOTE REPUBLICAN

But just so you can refresh your memory here is a partial list of bills blocked in the Senate one way or another

50 THINGS OBAMA DID ACCOMPLISH

LIST OF 375 BILLS BLOCKED IN SENATE BY REPUBLICANS

A PIECE OF ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT ON MEDICARE

The arguments presented by this piece are total bullshit.   The whole purpose of any insurance is to protect against unseen events that would break your bank.. To suggest that you at a young age shouldn't be paying for an event that could happen (or not) is a waste of money and bad for the economy..

One of the lines in this piece that fry's my ass is the moral hazard of spending too much on medical care and that you shouldn't have to have insurance to pay for everyday happening.. Just what the hell everyday happenings are he doesn't say.  His line of thinking is so outside the box in everything else in this world.. by his thinking ..we shouldn't have care insurance because most likely we won't have an accident.. or we don't need life insurance when were young as we are not likely to die... The insurance industry has spent zillions convincing you of exactly the opposite.. He is  so full of shit I am shocked that it was the LA Times that published it...

Things happen in everyday life that for instance can  cause a visit to an emergency room.. In my house of late a few hours long visit to an emergency cost $8000.  Just last week my wife went to the emergency room for advancing pneumonia and stayed 5 days, the bill ain't in yet but I'm betting will be in the $50K range.

The thought in this day that you can negotiate for the cost of care is so far from reality .  Days when your lucky to even find a doc taking patients and even harder to find one that knows shit.. Most seniors do negotiate their cost (it's called Medicare) which is much more cost effective than dealing with it on your own.  Now days when you owe  a hospital , very shortly they sell your debt to a collection agency and then you get harassed to death and your credit is destroyed in the process...

Jeffery Miron should have his ass kicked for writing such a dishonest piece.

His comment of solving the problem is making care so expensive for the individual that they could not afford care and would choose croaking instead.. When the mean senior income is 31k paying 6400 for health care is undo able... Miron should be ashamed (after he recovers)

The real fix to the Medicare problem is so simple... Medicare for all make the program doable while fixing the budget to boot.